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Sunday 6 April 2014PGA TourYear in Review
Jones wins Shell Houston Open
Golf Club of Houston, Humble, Texas · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 April 2014 · Matt Jones’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,400,000 USD · Shell
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/22°C · wind 25 km/h SSE, gusts 65 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/16°C · wind 22 km/h N, gusts 50 · 10.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/14°C · wind 17 km/h NE, gusts 33 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/12°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 37 · 27.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Matt Kuchar USA · 273led by one on the 72nd tee but hit his second shot into the water and bogeyed to fall into a playoff, then lost on the first extra hole to Jones's 42-yard chip-in Matt Jones earns trip to Masters (Associated Press via ESPN, 2014-04-06)
144 started · cut E, 76 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Shell Houston Open
Golf Club of Houston, Golf Club of Houston, Humble, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Matt Jones
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Matt Jones interview, 2014-04-06 (ASAP Sports)
6 April 2014
This is just like playing a practice round with Rickie and Ben. Go and be aggressive and try to make as many birdies as you can.
Matt Jones interview, 2014-04-06 (ASAP Sports)
6 April 2014
You don't know if it's going to lip out, low or high, but when I saw it disappear it's probably the happiest I've been on the golf course.
Matt Kuchar interview, 2014-04-06 (ASAP Sports)
6 April 2014
Looking back you can make par from the right bunker and not from the water. I tugged it a little too much.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Jones | 68 · 68 · 71 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Matt Kuchar | 66 · 67 · 68 · 72 | 273 | −15 |
| 3 | Sergio Garcia | 67 · 65 · 73 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| 4 | Cameron Tringale | 68 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| 5 | Shawn Stefani | 67 · 69 · 73 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| 6 | Rickie Fowler | 70 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Rory McIlroy | 70 · 71 · 74 · 65 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Russell Henley | 73 · 69 · 72 · 66 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Brice Garnett | 68 · 71 · 72 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Ryan Palmer | 70 · 68 · 73 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Retief Goosen | 68 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1980-04-19, Sydney, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2001; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 90 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'Shell Houston Open' (week 14/2014), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet